Carmel Beach surf break

Carmel Beach surfForecast / CAL – Monterey / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 pm Sunday 22 Mar 2026 PDT
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Carmel Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Carmel Beach sea temperature is
14.3° C
(Which is 1.8°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Carmel Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Carmel Beach at 11PM is: 2.0m 10s primary swell from a Northwest direction and 0.4m 13s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm March 22). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (22 Mar)--
Afternoon (22 Mar)7ft (2.1m)10s
Evening (22 Mar)6.5ft (2.0m)10s

Table - waves today at Carmel Beach. (Swell directed towards the surf break)


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
2
1
2
3
2
2
2
1
1
2
2
2
3
2
1
1
0
2
1
2
2
1
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.1
NW
2.1
NW
2
NW
2
NW
1.9
NW
1.9
NW
1.9
NW
1.8
NW
1.9
NW
1.7
NW
1.7
NW
1.6
NW
1.4
NW
1.3
NW
1.3
NW
1.1
NW
1.1
NW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SSW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
Period(s) (?)1010101099999111111101012111118181817171616
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)832815738723626586514470580639651538428341433303292209249249243195132127
Wind
(km/h)
15
NNW
10
NNW
10
NW
15
NNW
10
NNE
15
N
10
N
15
N
20
NNW
15
NW
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
N
10
NNE
15
NE
15
N
15
NNW
15
NNW
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
NNE
10
NNE
10
N
20
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:22PM
1.03
1:26AM
1.67
3:51PM
0.94
2:18AM
1.63
5:39PM
0.94
3:23AM
1.57
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:01PM
0.62
8:58AM
-0.11
7:43PM
0.76
10:13AM
-0.12
8:45PM
0.87
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Sunrise------7:07-------7:05-------7:03-
Sunset-7:20-------7:21-------7:22------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C141313131314142019161516141518201819181615161414
Feels °C (?)111111101111111514121214111213151415151312131111
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